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Dock-to-Stock Time
Logistics

Dock-to-Stock Time

Elapsed time from arrival at the receiving dock until material is available in a usable inventory location.

Examples

  1. 01Dock-to-stock time at the central warehouse is 26 hours, from truck arrival until parts can be picked from a rack location.
  2. 02The weekly logistics review shows dock-to-stock time by supplier, revealing that deliveries without ASN take twice as long.
  3. 03After labels are scanned at the dock and putaway is done in waves, dock-to-stock time drops to 6 hours.

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